The Japanese giant Hitachi, known for its excellence and proactivity in various sectors of the global economy, has just taken a big step towards its immersion in the AI Era by partnering with Red Hat. Utilizing Red Hat OpenShift, the global leader in digital innovation and sustainable solutions has built and deployed a comprehensive internal AI platform, mature and governance-compliant throughout the company, redefining what it means to be a manufacturing colossus in the modern era.
As a cornerstone of Hitachi’s digital transformation, the company’s internal platform uses Red Hat OpenShift AI – Red Hat’s solution to build, train, deploy, and monitor generative (gen AI) and predictive AI models at scale in the hybrid cloud to power high-performance and mission-critical workloads. The scope of the platform’s implementation is just one aspect of its success; it also serves as Hitachi’s governance framework, helping ensure ethical and efficient use of artificial intelligence across the multinational conglomerate.
The operationalization through Red Hat OpenShift AI has enabled the platform to become the centerpiece of over 250 active projects in the company, spanning both information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) areas. Since its implementation, Hitachi has reported improvements in call center efficiency, accelerated development of essential systems, and strengthened collaboration throughout the organization.
Although the platform is intended for internal operations, Hitachi sees its success as the foundation for exponential AI growth throughout its ecosystem. The company is exploring external use of Red Hat OpenShift AI for business development, a sign of the strategic importance of AI as competitors and partners incorporate the technology into their operations. As Hitachi rewrites its history for the AI era, Red Hat plays a key role in realizing this vision.
Red Hat Vision: any model, any accelerator, any cloud
The future of AI should be defined by limitless opportunities and not restricted by infrastructure silos. Red Hat envisions a horizon where organizations can deploy any model, on any accelerator, in any cloud, delivering an exceptional and more consistent user experience without exorbitant costs. To unlock the true potential of investments in gen AI, companies need a universal inference platform — a new standard for continuous and high-performance AI innovations, both now and in the years to come.
